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| Table of Contents | Message Board | Printable Version A STEP BEYOND TESTS AND ANSWERS TEST 1 _____ 1. The orphanage matron seeks to have Joe adopted because
A. he was unhappy there _____ 2. The Reverend Gail Hightower is obsessed with
A. his grandfather's death _____ 3. Light in August's religious extremists include
I. Eupheus Hines A. I and II only _____ 4. Among the characters preoccupied by race are
I. Joanna Burden
A. I and II only _____ 5. Faulkner's metaphor for Joe Christmas's life during the fifteen years before he arrives in Jefferson is the
A. road _____ 6. Joe Christmas's character is in part formed by his encounters with
I. Lena Grove
A. I and III only _____ 7. The town of Jefferson is hostile to
A. Byron Bunch _____ 8. One character whose relations with women seem untroubled is
A. Byron Bunch _____ 9. Violent deaths befall
I. Hightower's wife
A. I and II only _____ 10. Joanna Burden's life can be best described as
A. promiscuous 11. Is Joe Christmas a victim? If so, of what is he a victim? 12. Evaluate Faulkner's view of the relationship between the community and the individual. 13. Who do you think is the novel's central character? Why? 14. Evaluate Faulkner's view of the Christian religion in this novel. 15. Do the comic and tragic parts of Light in August merge into a unified novel? Explain. Table of Contents | Message Board | Printable Version |
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